Availability of digital object identifiers (DOIs) in Web of Science and Scopus

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Highlights：

• The number of documents with a DOI is constantly increasing in WoSCC and Scopus.

• Many journals related to the Natural Sciences and Medicine with considerable impact have not DOI.

• Arts & Humanities WoS categories have the highest percentage of documents without DOI.

摘要

•The number of documents with a DOI is constantly increasing in WoSCC and Scopus.•Many journals related to the Natural Sciences and Medicine with considerable impact have not DOI.•Arts & Humanities WoS categories have the highest percentage of documents without DOI.

论文关键词：DOI,Web of Science Core Collection,Scopus,Citation databases,Visibility,Altmetrics

论文评审过程：Received 16 August 2015, Revised 19 November 2015, Accepted 19 November 2015, Available online 7 January 2016, Version of Record 7 January 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2015.11.008